The Rhodesian Study Circle is a philatelic website for the areas of Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, British Central Africa and Nyasaland, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Type I
| No. | Description | Earliest PMK Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nganga Treating Sick Boy | |
| 2 | Owl Woman | |
| 3 | Chapungu Giving Spirit to a Man | |
| 4 | Chief in Crown | |
| 5 | Resting Man | |
| 6 | The Baboon Man |
Mazoe
Glendale was named after a town in Northumberland, England. It is a small farming community village and administrative center with high yields of maize, cotton and horticultural products along with cattle and pigs.
The suburbs in Glendale include Valley Low Density, Tsungubvi Township, Sisk, Rujeko, Highway, Westville and Eastview residential suburbs.
Also known as Glendale Station, the name was officially changed to Glendale on 30 May 1918. Mail service was by rail.
Bulawayo
Magwewe is a high density suburb, east of Bulawayo.
Bulawayo
Joseph Ginsberg was born in London 10 November 1894. He left London to live in Rhodesia in 1920 where established J Ginsberg & Co Ltd in the same year. Previously married to Gertrude Ginsberg with two children, Faye and Louis, he later married Mabel Bones Ginsberg (b.1909) on 28 January 1952. Ginsberg died 28 November 1982.
The business provided services as a land and estate agent, business brokers, company secretaries and valuations.
19 July 1982
The City of Salisbury was officially changed to the City of Harare on 18 April 1982, the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. It took its name from the village near Harare Kopje of the Shona chief Neharawa, whose nickname was “he who does not sleep”. Prior to independence, Harare was the name of the black residential area now known as Mbare.
In 1982, Salisbury Post Office changed its name to Harare Post Office.
18 July 1982
The City of Salisbury was officially changed to the City of Harare on 18 April 1982, the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. It took its name from the village near Harare Kopje of the Shona chief Neharawa, whose nickname was “he who does not sleep”. Prior to independence, Harare was the name of the black residential area now known as Mbare.
In 1982, Salisbury Post Office changed its name to Harare Post Office.
18 April 1981
On 18 April 1981, Zimbabwe celebrated its first anniversary of independence. As part of the celebrations, Nigeria donated $10 million to the government for staff development programs.
Much of the independence festivities were strained with issues between tribes. At an independence-day luncheon, Robert Mugabe complained that some foreign journalists had blown Zimbabwe’s post-independence travails far out of proportion. Specifically, he criticized them for raising the specter of civil war.
24 October 1981
UMPHLEX 81 was hosted by the Manicaland Philatelic Society in 1981.
Mutare
Manicaland Philatelic Society was based in Mutare (Umtali). It wes established in 1960 and produced the publication Border Post which later changed to the Manicaland Philatelic Society – News Letter.
1-5 September 1980
International Economic Resources Conference on Zimbabwe was held in Salisbury between 1-5 September 1980.
